<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I want to know how large the Vanderbilt campus is.
I know the numeric size, but cannot imagine the size.
I've been to Stanford and the campus was so huge that I couldn't walk around it.
I'm not asking to compare Stanford and Vanderbilt, but is Vanderbilt also a bit too big to be walked around or is it tiny?
I love big campuses lol</p>
<p>The longest walk between any dorm and class is probably 15 minutes. It’s not more than a mile between any two points on campus. I guess it would be considered medium sized-- it’s certainly not tiny, and it’s definitely not big enough to make a bike necessary (though many students use them) and definitely no need for a car.</p>
<p>Go to bing.com–>Maps. Type in Vanderbilt University the select “Bird’s eye view” and you will get an aerial tour of the campus.</p>
<p>I have visited vanderbilt and I will say that the campus is AMAZINGLY AWESOME…obviously it is not as big as Stanford’s campus cause NOTHING is bigger than stanfords hahaha but their campus is substantial and because it is a national arbotereum or watherver, it looks nice and well kept, etc…basically picture quality…</p>
<p>Stanford’s campus is massive. Judging by your username, that’s your ideal school. For me, Vanderbilt’s size is ideal because it takes about 10 - 15 minutes to get to classes.</p>
<p>the Vanderbilt campus is cozy in my view…without the Claustrophobia of eating in one dining hall for four years that goes along with America’s wonderful small liberal arts college jewels, without the problems of say Dartmouth where you have to get on a bus to get to a real town…the freshman campus is stunning. The town gown vibe is better than Duke’s in Durham. The main campus is delightfully open to the commercial districts of West End, Hillsboro Village and etc…which exceeds the charming eat and shop access offered in say --Rice Village of Houston near Rice University. just random comments
PS original poster, I suggest a name change for this board. if you are not a senior…you will want A. To be Anonymous here and B. to not have a name like DukeBlueDevil or UVAorBust or Crimson4me. You will get a lot more neutral and detailed feedback and support on this board as a senior without copping a name here from only one of American’s most selective universities. Stay Open Hearted and Open to other outcomes than Stanford. Watched too many seniors with these names bite the dust over the last 8 years and end up matriculating elsewhere then they show up on another college’s admitted posts, asking questions about dorm or course selection with the crush college’s name.</p>
<p>Stanford 8180 acres
Vanderbilt 333
USC 226
Georgetown 104
Notre Dame 1250
Brown 146
JHU 140
UPENN 302
Rice 285
Harvard 5076
Dartmouth 200
Wash St.L 169
Northwestern 231</p>
<p>bud: You are counting ALL of of Harvard (as in, even the prof. schools such as B-school, law, and med) which are separate from the UG portion, right (that has to be what that number is? Shouldn’t you also maybe do it for NU too which may be at least a little higher). I also thought Georgetown was higher. </p>
<p>And then one must wonder what to do with Duke and Emory, where Duke is really, really large because of it’s forest area. Emory’s size also doubles or more when the forest is counted (I think we usually only count Lullwater which encompasses the Clairmont campus, Yerkes, the alumni house, Wesley Woods hospital campus, etc). I think Lullwater is like 385 acres on its own and then we always report a campus total of 740 acres (I think 631 if Clairmont is excluded which isn’t fair I guess). But point is, sometimes significant portions of these campuses are not necessarily integral to undergraduate commute to classes and the like. I would consider the forests at Emory and Duke an added “luxury” (okay, unless you live at Emory’s Clairmont). Even the biggest private school campuses won’t feel that big to undergraduates. I just can’t see people visiting those schools (minus Harvard and Stanford) and then coming to Emory or Duke and then saying “these campuses are pretty big” (at least folks on a tour wouldn’t notice).</p>
<p>I think acreage is totally irrelevant. Area of land the school owns doesn’t tell you how big the actual campus is. A lot of Vandy’s acreage is the med center.</p>
<p>The post asked “how big is the Vanderbilt campus”…333 acres. Others added to compare to similar universities.<br>
Above points noted. Most of any campus is not used by UG’s.</p>
<p>Correction: Parts of any campus are not used by UG’s.</p>
<p>The med center is an integral part of the campus to nursing students and premeds.</p>
<p>I expect medical centers to be integral for everyone (you may need the clinic, hospital whatever. A major part of ours is directly in front of the library and adjacent to a foodcourt and a freshman dorm. And Vandy’s honestly didn’t seem too far or separate from that giant science complex you guys have-Stephenson Center I think…), I just don’t expect all UGs to use almost undisturbed (as in, not necesssarily part of “central campus”) forest areas and off-site professional schools everyday. I guess I was just wondering if some schools were inflated (including non-contiguous portions in some cases) or deflated (excluding them in others. Like what if every school counted all possible medical center campuses even if they were not in the same county or city?). Those numbers come from Wikipedia and I know for sure that ours doesn’t include Clairmont (went back through very old pre-Clairmont articles and it was 631 then). Discrepancies could come from differences in reporting from the Universities though.</p>
<p>My kids were turned off by schools where a shuttle bus ride was necessary to get from dorm to classes–especially if the campus wasn’t flat so a bike wouldn’t be that helpful. Vanderbilt passed that test. The campus isn’t small, but is very walkable</p>
<p>One freshman and one junior at VU. The freshman walks about 3 miles a day, and did have to get a bike because of one unreasonable professor (had to walk 1.5 miles in 10 minutes… Which is not walking, it’s running…fast). Her professor locked her out of class on the first day…nice, huh? She talked to her professor in the first class, and she let her go 5 minutes early, but still barely made it. With the bike, she could do it in about 8 minutes. My older girl walks a little less, but still over 2 miles a day…helps with the delicious food!! (Youngest lost about 15 pounds first semester : )</p>
<p>Is that because the freshmen have to come from the Peabody Campus? I guess that is a little far from some places.</p>
<p>Bernie, yes…commons is pretty far from Blair and not central to any classes on the A&S campus. Because of scheduling, my freshman had to make a big triangle from commons, to
Stevenson to Blair 2 days a week. Quite a trek! When the weather’s pretty, it’s great. But when it’s hot, raining, or cold, not so much.</p>
<p>Coming from Commons last year (Murray house, the farthest one from main), it never took me more than 20 minutes to get to class or to Towers, which is at the far corner of campus from Commons. Campus is completely walkable–we don’t run buses during the day, only at night (as a safety procedure). Campus is mid-sized, but not particularly spread out. Blair is the only thing that’s not convenient to main campus, but it’s not even a horrible walk from Commons to Blair (15 minutes max if you go through the Med Center). Also, most of the extremities of campus are housing, so except in the evenings to visit people, you won’t be walking from one extremity of campus to another.</p>